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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2021
- Nationality
- Salvadoran
- Checked
Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros
Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros, a Salvadoran national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2021. He is wanted in connection with charges that include terrorism, drug trafficking, organised crime and extortion. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros. Additional reward money may be available.
He is described as 1.7 m tall, weighing about 74 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Quinteros-Mineros has numerous tattoos throughout his entire body. Born on 16 November 1972 in San Francisco Menendez, Ahuachapan, El Salvador, he would now be 53.
- Terrorism
- Drug trafficking
- Organised crime
- Extortion or racketeering
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy to Provide and Conceal Material Support and Resources to Terrorists
- Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries
- Conspiracy to Finance Terrorism
- Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros. Additional reward money may be available.
Case details, as published by FBI
Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros is wanted for his alleged involvement in the direction of MS-13 activity in the United States, Mexico, and El Salvador. He is alleged to be among the most senior leaders of MS-13 worldwide. Quinteros-Mineros has been charged with several terrorism offenses for his alleged role in ordering numerous acts of violence against civilians, law enforcement, and rival gang members, as well as drug distribution and extortion schemes worldwide. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Quinteros-Mineros in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, on December 16, 2020, after he was charged with Conspiracy to Provide and Conceal Material Support and Resources to Terrorists, Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries, Conspiracy to Finance Terrorism, and Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy. This case is being investigated as part of Joint Task Force Vulcan.
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